The Cool Matrix

How the hippest Minnesotans live, love, and take their coffee.
Which one are you?

 The Club
Hopper
The Empty
Nesters
 The Young
Socialite
The Man
with Money
The Hipster
Parents
The Art
Student
Two Men
and a Baby
The
Philan-
thropist
The Culture
Vulture
The Newly
Single
The Urban
Refugee
Native
Habitat
Eden
Prairie
riverfront condoWayzatadowntown
Minneapolis
St. Louis ParkWhittier,
Minneapolis
Crocus Hill,
St. Paul
Kenwood,
Minneapolis
Linden Hills,
Minneapolis
WoodburyGrand Marais
Favorite Hauntsanywhere on First Ave. –except First AvenueThe Dakota,
Minneapolis
 Public Library
exhibit
openings at the Walker
Bellanotte,
Wild games
Wild
Rumpus,
Sebastian Joe’s
Nye’sLake Harriet,
Children’s
Museum
Minneapolis
Club
Jungle TheaterBellanotte,
any Life Time
Fitness
North House Folk School, Sven & Ole’s Pizza
Preferred Weekend Activitydrinking,
dancing,
sleeping
avoiding the kids’ phone calls,
NYT crossword
mani/pedipreparing for Fantasy Football draftMill City
Farmers
Market
pondering
existential angst, smoking
shopping at
the Room & Board outlet
brunchswooning over Osmo speed datingskinny-
dipping
Shops for Groceries at…parents’
refrigerator
Lunds Byerly’sSimon
Delivers
Trader Joe’sSuperAmerica Whole FoodsByerly’sLinden Hills
Co-op
Cub Foodsbackyard garden
Shops for Clothing at…Lava LoungeMacy’s,
Eddie Bauer,
Chico’s
Len Druskin,
Galleria
NordstromTarget,
Urban
Outfitters
RagstockBanana
Republic, H&M,
Gap Kids
Neiman
Marcus
BibelotForever 21Ben Franklin 
Can usually be seen drinking coffee at…Uptown
Diner
Dunn Bros.Starbucks all hours, day or nightCaribouSpyhouseStarbucksFrench Meadow Bakery & CafeZumbro CafeCaribou,
Starbucks,
Dunn Bros.
World’s Best Donuts
 Preferred
method of
transport
taxiLexusMini
Cooper
BMW 5 seriesVolvo
XC wagon
fixed-gear
bicycle
Subaru
Forester
Mercedes-
Benz
Toyota
Prius
Jeep
Liberty
snowshoes
Workouttanningballroom
dancing
yogatraining for the
TC marathon, ultimate fighting
elliptical
machine in the basement
pottery wheelrunning during lunch hour Pilatespower walksspinningchopping
wood
Guilty
Pleasures
Kenny ChesneyMystic LakeLord Fletcher’sLynne Rossetto Kasper Wal-MartGarrison Keillorvoting for Tim PawlentyfurFamous Dave’sReddi-wip, straight from the can chain-saw
art
How I spent last Saturday night…When was
Saturday again?
Minnesota Orchestra
concert
LEAD
party
workinglecture at
Unitarian church
RollerGirls
match
prank calling Michele
Bachmann
Smile
Network
event
dinner at Café Twenty-
Eight, movie at Lagoon
Googling
ex-flames
gazing upon
the Northern Lights, curling
Last iTunes downloadPussycat DollsWhat the hell is an iTune?Fergie Big & RichArcade Fire,
Raffi
none, due to pending litigation over “free” music  Dreamgirls soundtrackTony BennettPaul McCartney ShakiraThis American Life
Favorite
Eateries
Chicken ’n
Waffles,
 Pizza Lucé
The LexLurcat,
Chambers
Kitchen
Morton’s,
BANK
Punch, Crema,
Don Pablo’s
Jasmine Deli, White CastleBirchwood CafeLa Belle Vie112 EateryChino LatinoAngry Trout
Cafe
Media Diet The Onion, MySpace
.com
Star Tribune, NYT, CNN Cosmo,
Vanity Fair, Grey’s Anatomy 
Wall St. Journal, Colbert Report, Entourage The Daily Show, City PagesDaily Kos, MNartists.org NYT, Dancing with the Stars O: The Oprah Magazine, MPR NYT, Countdown with Keith
Olbermann
LostNorth Shore Radio,
two-day-old NYT
Pet Issuesmoking banimmigration“death” taxcapital gainsIraqgentrificationmarriageeducationlibrariesprenupscondos
Weekend
getaway
destination
Apple
River
the cabinFloridaNew York Wisconsin DellsSt. PaulGrand MaraisPalm SpringsBWCAWVegasMall of America
Garrison
Keillor is…
the bouncer
at Myth?
date nightLindsay Lohan’s costar what I send my parents toa member of
our PTA
dead to mein need of some “manscaping”a close friendthe best of times/the worst of timesavailable?so close,
yet so far